CVE•Published 2026-04-22•Modified 2026-05-06•0 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-6861Gnu · Emacs

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 94% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-193Off-by-one Error

Description

A flaw was found in GNU Emacs. This vulnerability, a memory corruption issue, occurs when Emacs processes specially crafted SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) data. A local user could exploit this by convincing a victim to open a malicious SVG file, which may lead to a denial of service (DoS) or potentially information disclosure.

Timeline

Published 2026-04-22

Modified 2026-05-06

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB GitHub PoC Sploitus VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-6861

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Gnu Emacs"

All exposed Gnu Emacs instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Emacs"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Emacs" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-6861